I don't buy video games any more because I'm not interested in "always online" crap. The time I most want to play a game is when I'm visiting for a few days somewhere, which means no internet connectivity -- just my laptop and headphones.
If I want to play a game online, I'll play a game online. Otherwise shove your DRM in your anal sphincter and rotate it rapidly.
It is the pixel angle that makes the difference. 300DPI at two feet away is not the same as 300DPI at six inches. Whether you can see the difference in resolutions has a great deal to do with how you use a device, and how far away you hold it. Print media typically expects to be viewed at arm's length -- about 18 inches. I see many, many people holding their cell phones far closer than that.
The only reason I encrypt my wifi connections is to prevent casual wanderers from connecting to my network and sucking up bandwidth. Any data that needs securing is encrypted by the computer, not by the modem/router.
If I could get proper password protection without the encryption, I wouldn't bother encrypting the traffic. I could care less who snoops it -- so long as they're not sucking up bandwidth.
It's not a question of age. It's a question of whether you're willing to work 50-60 hours a week, often without being paid overtime. Cut your rates, and you have no problem finding work.
All you have to do is settle for half of what you're really worth.
You're not only competing with the youth, you're competing with the overseas sweat shops.
The only way to maintain an income comensurate with your experience is to specialize in tools and technologies few others know. And as more and more people enter the computing industry, that becomes harder and harder to do.
It's simple. If you have a 32 bit OS, install the 32 bit version of Java. If you have a 64 bit OS, install the 64 bit version of Java.
I have never since Java 1.0 seen a Java program that required the 32 bit or the 64 bit version. That's the runtime, and has nothing to do with how the JVM byte code itself is structured. I don't even know how you could make a Java executable depend on the version of JVM short of using the bindings for calling binary libraries -- in which case you're dealing with crapware, not Java.
Funny. It would seem IBM has no problem with their DB/2 UDB releases, which run on every version of Linux I've thrown them at over the past 5-6 years. Sure you have to install some optional modules on some platforms, but how much more complex do you get than a database server?
Shame on the other database vendors for not being able to do the same. Currently DB/2 UDB 10.2 is the only commercial database I was able to install on Debian. Clearly it can be done, but the other vendors seem to take the "RHEL or the highway" lazy approach to "Linux" support.
Lambdas could be interesting for some GUI coding I have to do in the near future. I look forward to exploring them, but had no interest in playing with the betas.
You're not a *real* programmer until you decide to write your *own* framework. Your framework won't be useful to anyone else, but you'll think it's the best way to do things because it reflects the way you *want* to do them. You'll spend months or even years hacking away at your framework, ship it, and then some poor slob will try to download and use it.
That is the ugly truth about 99% of frameworks. They're hack jobs by one or a very few people that deal with a very specific problem or code style, and are useless for anything else.
Most frameworks don't "make sense" because they only make sense to the people who wrote them. Everyone else just goes through the motions, crosses their fingers, and hopes that it doesn't break because they haven't the foggiest idea what to do if something goes wrong.
Then again, I have to hold down the power switch until it takes effect while booting, so maybe ACPI isn't involved and it's me that needs to give their head a shake.
So Greenspan rightly pointed out that inflation means the top 1% from the '20s would be in poverty now if their wealth hadn't been subjected to inflation.
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I don't buy video games any more because I'm not interested in "always online" crap. The time I most want to play a game is when I'm visiting for a few days somewhere, which means no internet connectivity -- just my laptop and headphones.
If I want to play a game online, I'll play a game online. Otherwise shove your DRM in your anal sphincter and rotate it rapidly.
155%, eh?
*shakes head*
The minimum for an accredited degree program is 3 years; 4 for an advanced degree.
Two year programs are tech school stuff, and will not get your foot in the door any easier than the 10-12 years of experience you have.
Because you're supposed to froth at the mouth about Microsquishy instead of learning the facts.
The customer pays for the client end. Netflix and other companies pay for the server end.
But the greedy pigs at AT&T, Comcast, Verizon, etc. want to gouge people by triple-dipping with fees for the middle.
That is, of course, why 1200 DPI printers look no better than 300 DPI printers.
If you're BLIND, that is.
It is the pixel angle that makes the difference. 300DPI at two feet away is not the same as 300DPI at six inches. Whether you can see the difference in resolutions has a great deal to do with how you use a device, and how far away you hold it. Print media typically expects to be viewed at arm's length -- about 18 inches. I see many, many people holding their cell phones far closer than that.
The only reason I encrypt my wifi connections is to prevent casual wanderers from connecting to my network and sucking up bandwidth. Any data that needs securing is encrypted by the computer, not by the modem/router.
If I could get proper password protection without the encryption, I wouldn't bother encrypting the traffic. I could care less who snoops it -- so long as they're not sucking up bandwidth.
What excites me is this is the first VR headset/device I've ever read about to deliver what I consider to be a usable resolution.
They've caught my interest now.
It's not a question of age. It's a question of whether you're willing to work 50-60 hours a week, often without being paid overtime. Cut your rates, and you have no problem finding work.
All you have to do is settle for half of what you're really worth.
You're not only competing with the youth, you're competing with the overseas sweat shops.
The only way to maintain an income comensurate with your experience is to specialize in tools and technologies few others know. And as more and more people enter the computing industry, that becomes harder and harder to do.
And why, pray tell, are you installing a 32 bit browser on a 64 bit OS when every browser I know of comes with targetted builds?
It's simple. If you have a 32 bit OS, install the 32 bit version of Java. If you have a 64 bit OS, install the 64 bit version of Java.
I have never since Java 1.0 seen a Java program that required the 32 bit or the 64 bit version. That's the runtime, and has nothing to do with how the JVM byte code itself is structured. I don't even know how you could make a Java executable depend on the version of JVM short of using the bindings for calling binary libraries -- in which case you're dealing with crapware, not Java.
Funny. It would seem IBM has no problem with their DB/2 UDB releases, which run on every version of Linux I've thrown them at over the past 5-6 years. Sure you have to install some optional modules on some platforms, but how much more complex do you get than a database server?
Shame on the other database vendors for not being able to do the same. Currently DB/2 UDB 10.2 is the only commercial database I was able to install on Debian. Clearly it can be done, but the other vendors seem to take the "RHEL or the highway" lazy approach to "Linux" support.
Lambdas could be interesting for some GUI coding I have to do in the near future. I look forward to exploring them, but had no interest in playing with the betas.
Be thankful developers and companies put in the time and effort to migrate your data forward.
You want to migrate it backwards? Prepare to pay up. Big time.
You're not a *real* programmer until you decide to write your *own* framework. Your framework won't be useful to anyone else, but you'll think it's the best way to do things because it reflects the way you *want* to do them. You'll spend months or even years hacking away at your framework, ship it, and then some poor slob will try to download and use it.
That is the ugly truth about 99% of frameworks. They're hack jobs by one or a very few people that deal with a very specific problem or code style, and are useless for anything else.
Most frameworks don't "make sense" because they only make sense to the people who wrote them. Everyone else just goes through the motions, crosses their fingers, and hopes that it doesn't break because they haven't the foggiest idea what to do if something goes wrong.
Go ahead. Fry your brain. It's not like you're using it or anything. :(
If it was made once, it could be made again. It's not art -- it's engineering.
Then again, I have to hold down the power switch until it takes effect while booting, so maybe ACPI isn't involved and it's me that needs to give their head a shake.
Anyone know for sure?
So you can't power off the machine while it's booting?
Give your head a shake.
Precisely how does he intend that a machine boot to the install media without executable firmware?
Or is he a proponent of the "disposable machine" -- once infected, you *have* to replace it, because you can't *reinstall*?
Everything I've read on this subject sounds like a prima donna drama queen. Good riddance.
So Greenspan rightly pointed out that inflation means the top 1% from the '20s would be in poverty now if their wealth hadn't been subjected to inflation.
Yeah. So what has that got to do with ANYTHING?
One man's terrorist is another man's freedom fighter.
Fuck the UK and their censorship.
It's a boundary condition. It'll never happen in the real world.